Rotary toy hat



P. BOGAART ROTARY TOY HAT Sept, 3

Filed June 15, 196e INVENTOR PETER BOGAART "Mmm ATTORNEY United States Patent C) 3,399,486 ROTARY TOY HAT Peter Bogaert, 1521 16th St. NW., Canton, Ohio 44703 Filed June 15, 1966, Ser. No. 557,820 7 Claims. (Cl. 46-53) This invention relates generally to rotary toy hats and in particular to those actuated by wind pressure.

Many various types of rotary toy hats are well known in the prior art. In some of these prior art devices the rotation of some object attached to the hat is caused by movement of the wearers head. Typical examples of this type of hat are shown in Patents Nos. 2,960,793, 2,958,156 and 3,216,149. Another type of rotary hat structure shown in the prior art is driven by the force of the wind which rotates vanes or propellers pivotally mounted on the crown portion of a hat. Typical examples of wind driven rotary hats are shown in Patents Nos. 2,679,711 and 2,907,138.

In all the hats shown in the prior art, the head covering portion of the hat is mounted on the wearers head in such manner that it remains stationary While a propeller or rotor of some type is pivotally attached to the head covering portion and is driven by the force of the wind reactin-g against vanes or propeller blades on the rotary member.

The primary object of this invention is to provide a toy hat in which the entire crown or head covering portion of the hat is pivotally mounted in spaced relationship above the wearers head in such manner that the entire head coverin-g portion rotates with respect to the wearers head.

Another object of this invention is to provide a toy hat which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, and readily adaptable to t different head sizes.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the following specification and the attached drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hat made in accordance with one form of this invention in operative position on the head of a child with a portion broken away to better show the pivot mounting assembly.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the hat shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a detail cross-sectional view of the pivot assembly; and

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of this invention.

Referrin-g now to FIG. 1 of the drawings, a hat generally indicated by the numeral 1 is shown mounted on the head of a wearer. The hat 1 consists primarily of a stationary head engaging base member 2 adapted to engage the crown portion of a wearers head and a head covering member 3 rotatably mounted thereon by a pivot assembly 4. The base member 2 is made from any suitable flexible material such as cloth, plastic, or the like which will permit it to bend and t the contour of the crown of a wearers head. As shown in FIG. 1, it is of suicient width to provide a stable mounting for the pivot assembly 4. A chin strap 5 is attached to each end of the base member 2 to secure it on the wearers head. A pivot pin 6 is attached to the center portion of the base member 2 and extends upwardly therefrom in a substantially vertical position. The pivot pin 6 is provided with a large flat head 7 at its lower end for Iattachment to the base member 2. The head 7 serves as a stiffening member for the center of the base member 2 and stabilizes the pivot pin 6 in its vertical position to prevent tilting of the pivot pin 6 with respect to the wearers head. The at head 7 also serves as a safety guard to prevent accidental penetration of the pin 6 into the wearers skull.

Referring now to FIG. 3, a hub member 8 in the shape p ICC of a truncated cone is provided with a clearance hole 9 extending vertically through the center thereof. A dimpled plate 10 is attached to the top face of the hub 8 with a dimple 11 in alignment with the hole 9. A bottom plate 12 having a center hole 13 therethrough is fastened to the bottom surface of the hub member 8 with the hole-13 in axial alignment with the hole 9. The shaft 6 extends through the holes 13 and 9 with the upper end thereof contacting the dimple 11 in the plate 10. The upper end of the pin 6 is sharpened to a point to reduce the friction between the end of the pin 6 and the plate 10 and thereby permit easy rotation of the hub member 8. A retaining collar 14 is fastened to the shaft 6 at such a position that when the shaft 6 is inserted in the hole 9 with the upper end contacting the dimple 11, the collar 14 will be posi. tioned in the hole 9 sli-ghtly above the plate 12. In this position the collar 14 will permit the hub member 8 t0 rotate on the pivot pin 6 but with the plate bottom plate 12 in position will prevent the hub member from coming olf the pivot pin 6.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, the head covering member 3 is attached to the hub member 8 with the inclined side wall 15 of the hub 8 contacting the inclined inner side wall 16 of the head covering member 3 near the apex thereof. The hub member 8 may be attached to the head covering member 3 by glue or any other suitable fastening means.

A plurality of cup shaped wind receiving vanes 17 are mounted around the periphery of the head covering -member 3 to cause rotation of the head covering member when wind blows against the hat. As may be seen in FIG. 2, the vanes 17 are all facing in the same direction around the periphery of the head covering member 3 so that when the wind blows in the direction indicated by arrows 17a, the head covering member 3 will rotate in the direction indicated by the arrows 18.

As shown in FIG. 2, a spiral band 19 of contrasting color to the rest of the head covering member 3 starts in the center of the head covering member 3 and spirals outwardly toward the periphery thereof. Various other types o'f indicia may be stubstituted for the spiral band 19 to give unusual optical effects `as the hat rotates. For example, circumferential or radial bands or Ia combination thereof may be used. Spots of contrasting color or random shapes of color may also be used.

Referring now to FIG. 4, t-he head covering member 20 is shown in the shape of a derby hat having a crown portion 21 and a brim portion 22 upon which a plurality of wind receiving vanes 23 are mounted. The base member and the pivot assembly of this hat yare essentially the same as that shown on the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 3 and will not be shown or described in further detail.

It :will -be obvious that the head covering portion may be of any desired hat shaped configuration and need not be a conical coolie hat or a derby hat as shown in the drawings of this application.

It will also be obvious that the overall structure of this hat may be made from plastic, paper, cloth or any suitable material which may be easily formed and still retain the desired shape. The pivot assembly shown in FIG. 3 is merely a typical example of how the head covering member 3 may be rotatably mounted on the base member 2 to suspend the entire head covering member 3 in space relationship above the wearers head, thereby permitting rotation of the entire head covering member in response to wind pressure.

Various modications may be made in the embodiments shown herein without departing from the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A rotary toy hat comprising:

(A) A stationary head engaging base member;

'(B) Pivot means extendingupwardly therefrom; i5. A toy hat as claimed in claim 1 wherein the base (C) A rotary head covering member journalled to the member has chin straps attached thereto for securing the base member and spaced therefrom by the pivot hat on a wearers head. means; and 6. A toy hat as claimed -in claim 1 wherein the head (D) A Aplurality of wind receiving varies located in 5 covering member has indicia imprinted thereon to create spaced relationship around the circumference of the optical patterns as the lhead covering member rotates. head covering member to vcause rotation thereof 7. A toy hat as claimed in :claim 1 wherein the rwind (when wind pressure reacts aga-inst the vanes. receiving vanes are cup shaped. 2. A toy hat as claimed in claim 1 wherein the head covering is of conical configuration. 10 t References Cited 3. A toy hat as claimed in claim 1 wherein the head UNITED STATES PATENTS covering4 member has -a crown port-ion and a brim portion v with wind receiving vanes located around the periphery 2679711 6/1954 Lerflmard. 46-53 of the brim portion 3,184,884 5/1965 Petrucelll 464-51 3,216,149 11/1965 Briese 46`47 4. A toy hat as claimed in claim -1 wherein the pivot 15 means comprises an upwardly extending pivot pin having LOUIS G M ANCE/NE Prima Examiner its lower end secured to the base member and its upper 'y 4 end rotatably supporting a hub member, said hub member R- F- CUTTING, Assistant Examinerbeing attached to the center of the head covering member. 

1. A ROTARY TOY HAT COMPRISING: (A) A STATIONARY HEAD ENGAGING BASE MEMBER; (B) PIVOT MEANS EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM; (C) A ROTARY HEAD COVERING MEMBER JOURNALLED TO THE BASE MEMBER AND SPACED THEREFROM BY THE PIVOT MEANS; AND 